Alpine Avalanche Briefs Highlight International Tensions
Japans watching Russia and Chinese trade rising. King Leopold threat alarms Antwerp. Venezuelan revolutionists gaining. Manila soldiers’ sickness decreasing. Local deaths and incidents include a man killed by a falling tree in Iuka and a pastor’s death in Sedalia. Public improvements proposed for St Petersburg cost at least 20 million. Tiffany estate valued over 2 million. postmaster pay rises. rail and telegraph advances noted. Peter Steiner arrested for alleged neglect leading to his son’s death in Indiana.
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Robert Holman
Iuka, IL
St. Petersburg
Pennsylvania Railway
Buffalo
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
St. Paul
Burlington Railways
Peter Steiner
Adam County
Indiana
John Alexander Dowle
Dublin
British convoy ambushed near Klerksdorp in two-hour battle
Dispatch from Pretoria reports Lord Kitchener detailing a heavy Boer assault on a British escort of wagon trains near Vondkop southwest of Klerksdorp. The fight lasted two hours. two field guns and a pompom were expended, with 632 British casualties and several officers and men captured or killed among Boer forces estimated at 1200 to 1700.
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Tandon
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Vondkop
Klerksdorp
Transvaal
Hoers
Anderson
Kraapan
Cape Colony
Delarey
Lemmer
Wolmarans
Potgester
Rangers Pass Through Beaumont Toward Taylor's Bayou
Captain McDonald and five Texas rangers moved toward Taylor's Bayou after Special Deputy Kroeger requested aid for the Guffey refinery project. Sheriff Landry says the request was unauthorized and notes no trouble has occurred at Taylor's Bayou despite fears linked to 100 workers. Governor was informed of the situation.
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Neaumont
Texas
Captain McDonald
Texas Rangers
Beaumont
Taylor's Bayou
C. F. Kroeger
Guffey
Landry
Jefferson County
Kroeger
Frank Hillebrandt
Cotton Market Climbs on Demand Signals Across Gulf Ports
The article describes rising cotton prices as demand outpaces supply, with May futures near 9 cents in New York and a volatile session. It notes spot gains in New York, New Orleans, and Texas markets as investors react to projected receipts and liquidation patterns.
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New York
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Subcommittee backs rejecting Panama Canal offer
Washington March 4 The subcommittee of the committee on interoceanic canals recommended to the full committee that legal complications mean the United States should not accept the Panama canal offer The group includes Senators Morgan Mitchell Kittridge Pritchard Foster and Turner with Kittridge reserving a minority report Pritchard was absent.
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Washington
Committee On
Texas Question Decided by Supreme Court Opinion
In Washington on March 4 Judge Shiras delivered the court’s opinion in Wilsen vs Standfer affirming the Texas Third district civil appeals ruling. The case centers on whether the 1879 land forfeiture act’s interest default provision was nullified by later law removing judicial inquiry. The opinion holds that contracts under the 1879 act were not impaired by subsequent legislation.
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Washington
Shiras
United States Supreme Court
Wilsen Ve. Standfer
Court of Civil Appeals
Third Supreme Judicial District of Texas
Texas
Eagle Fire Destroys Flatonia Store and Town
Eagle, Texas suffered a major blaze Sunday night that nearly wiped out the town. The loss is about 20 000 dollars with roughly half insured. The fire started in the Bucek & Co. store and quickly engulfed the area before firefighters could halt it. The cause remains undetermined.
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Engle
Flatonia
Texas
Eagle
Bucek & Co
Favorable Senate Action on Texas Southern District Bill
The senate judiciary committee reported favorably the house bill creating the Southern federal judicial district of Texas. Judge Kleberg of Galveston and Walter Burns of Houston are top candidates for the judgeship, with Lock McDaniel of Houston and R. B. Hanney of Hempstead contesting for district attorney. C. G. Brewster is favored for marshal.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Culberson
House
Federal Judicial District of
Texas
Kleberg
Galveston
Walter Burns
Houston
Lock McDaniel
R. B. Hanney
Hempstead
C. G. Brewster
Mexican Killed Near Luling at Dance Fatal Stabbing
Jesus Granado was stabbed to death at a Mexican dance four miles west of Luling on J. W. Ussery's property Sunday night. Three Mexicans are in custody, taken to Seguin, while the actual killer remains at large. Cause of the stabbing is unknown.
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Luling
Texas
J. W. Ussery
Jesus Granado
Seguin
Paterson
N. J
Passaic
Spruce Street
Neary Richards
Hamilton Avenue
Plymouth
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Island
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Susquehanna River
Lochiel
Floods follow fires sweep Paterson Wilkes-Barre area
Palm Beach reports shipwrecked sailors rescued from the schooner B. R. Woods after a northeast gale. El Cid saved captain and crew, one injuries, others recovering. Across Pennsylvania and nearby states floods devastate towns. Paterson suffers major losses from Passaic flood and recent fire. Nine lives lost so far.
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Palm Beach
Fla
el Cid
Savannah
B. R. Woods
Fernandina
San Juan
Porto Rico
Governors move to protect Batson amid murder case
Baton Rouge reports Governor Heard asks Calcasieu Parish Sheriff to mobilize state militia if needed to prevent mob violence as Ed Batson faces speedy trial for the Welsh Earl family murders. Missouri Governor Dockery had demanded assurances against lynching before surrender. Lake Charles notes public sentiment favors legal process over mob action.
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Baton Rouge
Heard
Ed Batson
Earl
Welsh
Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish
Dockery
Missouri
Lake Charles
Albanian Rebels Besiege Avlona as Revolt Spreads
Reports from Vienna state a large rebel force besieges the Turkish seaport Avlona cutting it off. Twenty six Albanian towns vow independence from the sultan by refusing taxes. Anarchy reportedly rules Elbassan and Tirana as insurgents force jail releases.
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Vienna
The
Politsche Corres-ponder
Turkey
Elbassan
Tirana
Mrs. Jefferson Davis visits New Orleans amid Beauvoir sale bid
Mrs. Jefferson Davis arrives in New Orleans and plans to stay through April for a Confederate reunion in Dallas. She has offered Beauvoir on the Mississippi coast for sale to the state for 10000 dollars for a Confederate soldiers home, with the legislature’s approval and the measure awaiting the governor's signature.
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May Bay
Beauvoir
New Orleans
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Dallas
Mississippi Senate
House
Revolt in Arabia seizes E Raid as Wahabi move expands
Bombay March 3 report says Abdur Aziz Ben Feysal, descendant of the Wa habi amers, with 2000 troops captured E Raid in Central Arabia. The Wahabi dynasty allegedly seeks to overthrow Abbu Rashid, ameer of Nejd, and conquer the region as many tribes rally to Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul.
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Bombay
Abdur Aziz Ben Feysal
E’raid
Arabia
Abbu Rashid
Nejd
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul
Two Drummers Drowned In River Swim
Two prominent traveling men drowned when their boat overturned in the Big Sandy River at Pikeville Kentucky. Edward Catlettsburg a fellow traveler clung to a saw log and drifted several miles before rescue.
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Pikeville
Big Sandy
Edward Catlettsburg
Man Kills Brother In Texas Dispute Over 1.50
In La Grange Texas on March 3 Clay Shelton and his brother Arthur Shelton, both colored men, argued over 1.50. Clay stabbed Arthur with a pocket knife, fatally wounding him by severing the jugular vein. Arthur attempted to flee on a freight train but was captured and jailed.
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Juliff
Storkes
Briscoe
Fort Bend County
Houston
Richmond
la Grange
Texas
Clay
Arthur Shelton
Texans Honor Sam Houston on Independence Day
Huntsville Texas March 3 Texas Independence day celebrated with Sam Houston normal students decorating Houston's grave and holding appropriate exercises. The students were given a holiday Saturday.
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Houston
Huntsville
Texas
Sam Houston Normal
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